Improvement in beee-fa uoets



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IMPROVEMENT IN BEER-I'AGETS.

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' IO .ALL -WHOM IT MAY GONOERN:

Be it known that I, J. MICHAEL STARK, of. Buffalo, in the county ofErie, aud State-of New York, have invented a new and improvedBeer-Faucet; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesaine, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which the gure represents a longitudinal andvertical section. l

Letter A is the faucet-barrel, into which B, the combinedsquirt-cyliuder and valve, is placed. The valve, consisting of a sharpedged ringQC, provided on the bottom `ol' the squirt-cylinder', has itsbearing upon a leather washer, D, which is secured to the lbottom cap E.The squirt-cylinder slides up and down iu the faucet-barrel A, for thepurpose of opening and shuttingthe valve. is the plunger, and isprovided with the angular part G on its lower end, and with the handleHno'n its upper end. Into the angular paxt Gr the guide-bolt -I issecured, upon which the plunger-'ring K slides up andwdown. `Thisplungerriug is provided with the four feeding openings L in its inside,and on its outside with a leather or other elastic ring', M, serving aspacking. The plunger" F is guided by and the faucet-barrel shut with thetop cap N, which is furnished with a leather washer, O, for packing thejoint about the plunger F while sliding upand down. l? is thedischarge-opening for-the heer :Elowing off, and Q thedischarge-openingfor the squirt-cylinder. R R are a series of holesprovided on the upper end of the cylinder F, for feedingl,

To operate this faucet, the handle H, provided on F, is raised bypullingit upward. This will first open gommunieation betweenthe vessel intowhich the faucet is driven and the squirtcylinder, in consequence 'ofthe space left between the plunger` F and the plunger-ring K; then, whenraised still more, it will open the valvev C, in consequence ofthefriction of the plunger-ring K in the squirt-cylinder B, by raising thesquirt-cylinder B u ntil the top of B reaches the top cap N, and' atlast, when raised up so -high that the angular part G of the plunger Fcomes in contact with the top cap N, it will allow the beer to passthrough the feeding-holes, pass bythe plunger F, through the feedingopenings L in the plunger-ring K, and lillV the space between theplunger and the bottom 0E the sqnirt-cylinder. Ifthe faucet is to besluit, the handle H is pushed down. This will rst stop connectionbetween the-faucet and the squirt-eylinder, as the angular part G of theplunger will come in contact with the plunger-riu` K in thesquirtcylinder Bun till the valve-ring C comes to its bearing upon theleather washerD, which will stop the owing oif of been, and then, whenthe plunger is pushed down until the plunger-ring K reaches the bottomof the squirt-cylinder, itwll empty the squirt-cylinder Vot' the beercontained therein through the discharge-opening Q, and' thus produceafstrong and line stream. of beer in the vesseljust lled. 4

The advantage of my improvement over all other 'faucets used for thesame purpose, consistsin the arrangementot the valve inthefauCet-barrel, which will prevent the faucet from leakage, even whenthe faucet is com pressed i'n consequenceo'f the repented knock'ings itreceives when driven into the beer-barrel or cask.

` Claim,

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combined cylinder andvalve B C, provided Vith Vthe feeding anddischarge-holes R Q, the plunger F G, and ring K, all constructed andarranged to operate` within 'the body of the faucet, substantially asdescribed. i

' 'J.' MICH. STARK.

Witnesses:

JOHN STARK, Cnnisr. SrAnoN.

